The Little Monster

Brain cancer is...

...joining the craze.

Better late than never?  This week we joined the lock down sourdough bread baking club.  Above you see our dough in its current phase.

Here's how the starter looked, after just 24 hours:

In case you're late to the bread baking party too, starter is just flour and water.  You mix it up, cover it with plastic wrap, and in our case, put it in the warm pantry cupboard. 

Why does it bubble?  Because at some point in the aforementioned process, the mixture catches the wild yeast that is floating around in the air, and the yeast feeds on the sugar in the flour.

Let's just agree that the fact that wild yeast floats reliably into bowls in our kitchen--despite plastic wrap and a cupboard door--seems to be a good argument for hand washing.

Darrell and I named our starter "the little monster" and have fed it daily.  

We are about to bake the dough made with the little monster.  We trust Kristine on this; it's going to be okay.  Maybe we'll make the first sourdough brick in history, but it'll be okay.

Did you see the Great Convergence tonight?  We did.  We're waiting for your amazing photos.  Share!

Happy Winter!  Happy Winter Solstice!

Today's Blooms

Front yard camellias

Backyard strawberry tree blossoms

They remind us of our lanterns.  A little?